Has Win7 support been dropped for UE5?

I wanted to give UE5 a run, but it crashes within a few seconds of loading. The log file is complaining about Python 3.9 bombing out. I checked the Python website and it appears that 3.9 has removed support for Win7 which means that UE5 won’t run on Win7. I’m hoping there’s a work-around. I would really like to try UE5. Help!

I also noticed that when UE5 crashed, it dropped off the desktop. But it’s still running in the background per the task manager.